Earth Science Conservation Review
| Millin Bay | Down |
| Site Type: | Foreshore |
| Site Status: | ASSI |
| Grid Reference: | J630495 |
| Google maps: | 54.36851,-5.49193 |
| Rocks | |
|---|---|
| Rock Age: | Silurian |
| Rock Name: | Hawick Group, Kearney Siltstone Formation, Tara Sandstone Formation, Millin Bay Formation |
| Rock Type: | Greywacke, Shale, Turbidite |
| Interest | |
| Other interest: | anticline, graded bedding, cleavage, fold |
Introduction:
Millin Bay is situated on the Irish Sea coast of the Ards Peninsula about 1km south of Knockinelder Bay and Quintin Bay. Access to the site is via the road branching left at the western end of Knockinelder Bay (Fig. 25).
In Millin Bay, folded turbidite facies rocks (Hawick Group) contain structures typical of Caledonian deformation seen elsewhere across the Down-Longford Belt. The axis of a major Caledonian fold known as the Millin Bay Anticline runs through the Bay.
In Millin Bay, folded turbidite facies rocks (Hawick Group) contain structures typical of Caledonian deformation seen elsewhere across the Down-Longford Belt. The axis of a major Caledonian fold known as the Millin Bay Anticline runs through the Bay.
| Enlander, I., Dempster, M. & Doughty, P., 2026. Millin Bay, County Down, site summary. [In] Earth Science Conservation Review. https://www.habitas.org.uk/escr/summary.php?item=656. Accessed on 2026-02-10 |
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